Play Now: This episode is sponsored by The PM PrepCast for The PMP Exam: Joe Drammissi, MSPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM We spend most of our waking hours at work, yet for many among us the time spent there is unrewarding, unfulfilling, and often just unpleasant. If that sounds familiar, then we can help. Today we are going to be talking about Enlightened Project Management with Joe Drammissi, PMP (http://enlightenedpm.com/about). At first, this sounds like a method that comes straight out of a new age textbook, but it is in fact a worthwhile concept that helps us project managers not only make a positive difference, but also puts us at the leading edge of change. So keep on listening! In our interview, Joe and I talk about what enlightened project management is but then quickly talk about the traits that an enlightened project managers has. We review what such a PM strives to do, believes in and how she or he works with stakeholders. We close out the interview by learning how EPM is applied on a project manager's day-to-day work, and Joe gives us a technique that is easy to apply to get us started -- all based on his book 101 Tips for the Enlightened Project Manager. Below are the first few pages of the transcript. The complete transcript is available to Premium subscribers only. Podcast Introduction Cornelius Fichtner: Hello and welcome to episode number 352. This is the Project Management Podcast at www.pm-podcast.com and I'm Cornelius Fichtner.  Thank you for stopping by and please don't forget that we are listener-supported podcast. If you enjoy our interviews, then please visit www.pm-podcast.com/premium. Your subscription will help to keep us going. We spend most of our waking hours at work. Yet for many among us, the time spent there is unrewarding, unfulfilling, and often just unpleasant. If that sounds familiar, then we can help. Today, we are going to be talking about Enlightened Project Management with Joe Drammissi. At first, this sounds like a method that comes straight out of a new age textbook, but it is in fact a worthwhile concept that helps us project managers not only make a positive difference, but also puts us at the leading edge of change. So keep on listening. If you are a project manager who wants to become PMP or PMI ACP certified, then the easiest way to do so is with our sister podcast, the PM PrepCast and the Agile PrepCast. And study for the exam by watching the in-depth exam prep video training from www.pmprepcast.com. In our interview, Joe and I talk about what enlightened project management is but then quickly talk about the traits that an enlightened project managers has. We review what such a PM strives to do, believes in and how she or he works with stakeholders. We close out the interview by learning how EPM is applied on a project manager's day-to-day work, and Joe gives us a technique that is easy to apply to get us started. As you will hear, Joe also wrote a book that contains 101 tips for the enlightened project manager. And we're giving two of those away. Please visit www.facebook.com/pmpodcast to participate. And now think about why you are a project manager and enjoy the interview. Podcast Interview Cornelius Fichtner:  Hello, Joe. Welcome to the Project Management Podcast. Joe Drammissi:   Well, thank you, Cornelius. It's good to be here. Cornelius Fichtner:  It's a pleasure to have you. So would you please define enlightened for us. What do you mean by enlightened? Joe Drammissi:   Yes. By the way I'm using enlightened here is I guess if you were to look this up, you would find the definition for enlightened. To give someone greater knowledge or understanding of a subject or situation. And that's really how I'm looking at it. You could take other views. This is more the less spiritual view, more of the knowledge-oriented view here is the context I'm using it in. Cornelius Fichtner:  Okay. And then, how do you define or what is Enlightened Project Man